1928 Philadelphia Phillies season

1928  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Ballpark	Baker Bowl
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	William F. Baker
Managers	Burt Shotton
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The 1928 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 43 wins and 109 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	59	0.617	—	42–35	53–24
New York Giants	93	61	0.604	2	51–26	42–35
Chicago Cubs	91	63	0.591	4	52–25	39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	67	0.559	9	47–30	38–37
Cincinnati Reds	78	74	0.513	16	44–33	34–41
Brooklyn Robins	77	76	0.503	17½	41–35	36–41
Boston Braves	50	103	0.327	44½	25–51	25–52
Philadelphia Phillies	43	109	0.283	51	26–49	17–60

Record vs. opponents

1928 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	7–15	5–17	10–12	6–16	13–9	5–16	4–18
Brooklyn	15–7	—	10–12	10–12–1	9–13–1	15–7	9–12	9–13
Chicago	17–5	12–10	—	13–9	14–8	13–9	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	12–10	12–10–1	9–13	—	8–14	13–7	12–10	12–10
New York	16–6	13–9–1	8–14	14–8	—	17–5	11–11	14–8
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	9–13	7–13	5–17	—	4–18	2–20
Pittsburgh	16–5	12–9	11–11	10–12	11–11	18–4	—	7–15
St. Louis	18–4	13–9	11–11	10–12	8–14	20–2	15–7	—

Roster

1928 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Ed Baecht Ray Benge Earl Caldwell Alex Ferguson June Greene Ed Lennon Bob McGraw Russ Miller John Milligan Clarence Mitchell Hub Pruett Jimmy Ring Les Sweetland Marty Walker Augie Walsh Claude Willoughby		Catchers Spud Davis Walt Lerian Johnny Schulte Jimmie Wilson Infielders Bernie Friberg Don Hurst Bill Kelly Heinie Sand Fresco Thompson Pinky Whitney		Outfielders Bill Deitrick Art Jahn Chuck Klein Freddy Leach Harvey MacDonald Al Nixon Denny Sothern Cy Williams Russ Wrightstone		Manager Burt Shotton Coaches Fred Hunter

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Walt Lerian	96	239	65	.272	2	25
1B	Don Hurst	107	396	113	.285	19	64
2B	Fresco Thompson	152	634	182	.287	3	50
SS	Heinie Sand	141	426	90	.211	0	38
3B	Pinky Whitney	151	585	176	.301	10	103
OF	Denny Sothern	141	579	165	.285	5	38
OF	Freddy Leach	145	588	179	.304	13	96
OF	Chuck Klein	64	253	91	.360	11	34

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Cy Williams	99	238	61	.256	12	37
Spud Davis	67	163	46	.282	3	18
Johnny Schulte	65	113	28	.248	4	17
Bill Deitrick	52	100	20	.200	0	7
Bernie Friberg	52	94	19	.202	1	7
Art Jahn	36	94	21	.223	0	11
Russ Wrightstone	33	91	19	.209	1	11
Bill Kelly	23	71	12	.169	0	5
Jimmie Wilson	21	70	21	.300	0	13
Al Nixon	25	64	15	.234	0	7
Harvey MacDonald	13	16	4	.250	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ray Benge	40	201.2	8	18	4.55	68
Jimmy Ring	35	176.0	4	17	6.44	70
Hub Pruett	13	71.1	2	4	4.54	35
Earl Caldwell	5	34.2	1	4	5.71	6
Marty Walker	1	0.0	0	1	inf	0

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Les Sweetland	37	135.1	3	15	6.58	23
Alex Ferguson	34	134.2	5	10	5.88	51
Claude Willoughby	35	130.2	6	5	5.30	26
Augie Walsh	38	122.1	4	9	6.18	38
Russ Miller	33	108.0	0	12	5.42	19
John Milligan	13	68.0	2	5	4.37	22

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bob McGraw	39	7	8	1	5.18	28
Ed Baecht	9	1	1	0	6.00	10
Ed Lennon	5	0	0	0	8.76	6
Clarence Mitchell	3	0	0	0	9.53	0
June Greene	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

External links

• 1928 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference